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J Dent Res 36(6): 839-842, 1957
© 1957 International and American Associations for Dental Research
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SALIVARY TRYPTOPHAN AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO DMF

ELEANOR J. EDMONDS 1, ROY W. BELL JR. 1, and ERNEST BEERSTECHER JR. 1

1 Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Dental Branch, Houston, Texas

1. A method for determining salivary tryptophan by microbiologic assay with Leuconostoc mesenteroides in a defined medium is described.

2. The actual tryptophan levels in saliva are believed to be lower than the values previously reported.

3. Statistical evidence shows no correlation between caries incidence as indicated by DMF values and salivary tryptophan levels determined by this method.

Submitted on February 13, 1957






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